tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post405070699357503965..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Christmas Past, Present And... Future?truepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-45617295539883603232008-12-20T22:21:00.000-08:002008-12-20T22:21:00.000-08:00the snobs of the Victorian world also resented the...<I>the snobs of the Victorian world also resented the noise the Salvation Army made in going about the streets?</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, it's remarkable how much of history is cyclical. I only learned about the "making of.." details that led to Dickens writing A Christmas Carol last year, and I was quite struck by the echoes between then and now. <BR/><BR/>The more things change... the more they stay the same.Charles Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168475254263681673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-47199401480629039992008-12-20T09:29:00.000-08:002008-12-20T09:29:00.000-08:00BTW, do you know that the snobs of the Victorian w...BTW, do you know that the snobs of the Victorian world also resented the noise the Salvation Army made in going about the streets?truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-40464268308399516842008-12-20T09:27:00.000-08:002008-12-20T09:27:00.000-08:00More proof yet that the thugs of the world actuall...More proof yet that the thugs of the world actually know and fear that Christianity is true, that God is love, the guarantor of our freedom. And yet maybe they only half see it, blinded by their desire to resent the discipline of God's love, that they may control and rip his sacred things apart...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reminding us of the real meaning of the Christmas feast...truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.com